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The Courier has been selected as a CO-WINNER in the Textnovel Online Fiction Contest. |
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Are you a Facebook user? We now have a fan page at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=87712497327. Talk here about your favorite characters and parts of the story.
Also drop by and add me as a friend at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=536307632&ref=profile.
Due to the increase in popularity of The Courier and the my increased love of tweeting, a new Twitter account was created for the Twitter novel. Access The Courier’s new page at http://twitter.com/TheCourierNovel or @TheCourierNovel. This page will remain pure story with continued daily installments. I hope you’ll drop by and follow.
This post is evolving
For now, feel free to leave your comments on what you consider Twitter literature.
What People are Saying About Twitter Literature
TwitLit, by James Roy
But the way Anthony Eaton has used the term, it refers to tweeting a very brief synopsis of a novel that already exists.
Twitter Novels: Not Big Success Stories Yet
Some of the novels tweeted so far have been interesting and engaging, but others, sadly, appear to be abandoned. Will micro-format fiction ever take off here as it did in Japan?
And newer articles that mentions Small Places, a Twitter novel we follow:
Twitter novels: when will they be the next big thing?
For many Twitter novelists the challenge lies in building up a following, and maintaining an on-going interest in the story, something however that is all to familiar too many people already pedalling their wares online.
Although many may read Twitter novels, not too many nonprofessionals are taking to their keyboard or cell phones to write them, despite how-to guides circulating the Internet. Most Twitter novels are by fiction writers with experience. Otherwise, the only Twitter novels found are written by regular folks based on their lives, like a blog or diary.
Based on what we’ve found since starting Twitter Novels Twibe, it’s taking time to catch on, but Twitter novels are becoming popular. Let us know which ones you enjoy.
Here are a few articles that will help you get started writing a Twitter novel:
The Courier is a Twitter novel about a guy who can’t keep a job. Desperate, he takes a job transporting a mysterious cargo from Denver to Trinidad Colorado. More About the Story…
The idea to write a Twitter novel came to me one afternoon with the thought that I was doing something original. I googled ‘Twitter novel’ and quickly found I was wrong. There were already a number of authors out there writing Twitter novels, along with some great advice on how to start a novel on Twitter. So much for my original idea!
I originally started writing The Courier on Twitter with two intentions in mind: 1) Use Twitter as another mode of marketing myself as a writer while I completed a traditional novel and 2) provide a way to experiment with other publication medias. The experiment has now expanded to this website, where you can read The Courier from the beginning here on the website or by downloading an eBook. You can also find out more about the story in the press by reading the blog.
Outside this website, you can read the story as it’s released on Twitter, @TheCourierNovel. There is also a fan page for The Courier on Facebook. The Courier is also a semi-finalist in the Textnovel Online Fiction Contest. Vote for the story at http://www.textnovel.com/story_detail.php?story_id=864.
I would like to see The Courier expand into other medias that are more interactive with the reader, and think The Courier would make a great graphic novel, computer/video game and/or movie.
You’ll have to stay tuned to find out where this experiment leads.
